Minnesota Once Again Named One of the Best States to Live

Minnesota has done it again! We're, once again, one of the best states to live in. Even though more people are moving from than to Minnesota, we're still a great place to be.

I've always loved Minnesota. Aside from our way-too-long winters, of course. But I think Minnesotans are great people, our community is strong, and the outdoors here are unmatched.

SPEAKING OF WINTER, ALSO READ: Farmer's Almanac Says MN's in for a 'Wild Ride' this Winter

There have been so many times that we've been ranked as one of the top states, and it's happened again with WalletHub.

Minnesota Named One of the Best States to Live In for 2025

So how did Minnesota make it so high on the list yet again?

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Well, to determine the rankings, WalletHub had 51 key metrics they looked at. Some of them include:

Housing Costs

Income Growth

Education Rate

Quality of Hospitals

Safety

and the State's Economy

Minnesota landed in the top 5, which is amazing, but we aren't the only Midwest state to make that cut.

Let's take a peek at the top 10 and see what we think.

10. Pennsylvania

9. New York

8. Utah

7. New Hampshire

6. Florida

5. Minnesota

4. Wisconsin

3. New Jersey

2. Idaho

1. Massachusetts

I'll be honest, I'm a little surprised Florida made the top 10. You just hear so many crazy stories from there, and I can't imagine it's cheap to live there. They did rank 32 out of 50 for affordability, though, so that makes sense.

And Wisconsin came in as the 4th best place to live.

But Minnesota, coming in at number 5, heck yeah!

Our best ranking was in the Education and Health Rank, where we came in as the 5th best state.

We also have the 3rd lowest percentage of people living in poverty and the 5th highest percentage of people who have insurance.

The states on the opposite end of the spectrum include:

46. Alaska

47. Mississippi

48. Arkansas

49. Louisiana

50. New Mexico